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    andyp - Former HES Forum Member
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Pausing effects

I'm not sure if this is already possible, so if it is please enlighten me!
I'd like to be able to pause effects that are running in a cuelist. Eg. Q1 makes all movers do a circle effect, Q2 pauses all fixtures, Q3 continues the effect.

I realise you could just record a position into Q2 that is somewhere in the path of the effect but this will mean the fixtures will jump (or fade depending on fade time) to that position when the Q is triggered and not just stop where they are. Equally if it was a colour effect or an iris effect you wouldn't know where in the cycle the effect will be in order to record a hard value for this.

Hope this makes sense!

Andy
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    I see what you're saying Andy.
    Then the only way you have to achieve this is recording a cue right in the middle to get rid of your effect and another one to restore it as someoneelse has already mentioned above.
    The problem is that fixtures go back to their base value rather than freezing where they are in the effect cycle.
    That's why I thought that using the effect rate wheel could be a good idea, currently the only way to freeze fixtures where they are in the effect cycle.
    Marco:hogsign:
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    I see what you're saying Andy.
    Then the only way you have to achieve this is recording a cue right in the middle to get rid of your effect and another one to restore it as someoneelse has already mentioned above.
    The problem is that fixtures go back to their base value rather than freezing where they are in the effect cycle.
    That's why I thought that using the effect rate wheel could be a good idea, currently the only way to freeze fixtures where they are in the effect cycle.
    Marco:hogsign:
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